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<p>[QUOTE="Jeff Drum, post: 1748190, member: 6444"]Not really, unfortunately (I have a piece with one also, so you're not alone). According to Gotheborg these are called jianding export seals. When they are used, it means "No guarantee of any particular age. When asking around in China, no pieces older than 100 years gets this seal" ... "In practice it is most likely made in the mid 1920's up to the 1950's when the production of 'antique looking Chinese porcelain' made with traditional methods were particularly intense".</p><p><br /></p><p>They used different seals depending on where and when it was marked, and if I'm looking at it correctly, the OP's was marked in Beijing. <a href="https://www.gotheborg.com/marks/jian_ding.shtml" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.gotheborg.com/marks/jian_ding.shtml" rel="nofollow">https://www.gotheborg.com/marks/jian_ding.shtml</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jeff Drum, post: 1748190, member: 6444"]Not really, unfortunately (I have a piece with one also, so you're not alone). According to Gotheborg these are called jianding export seals. When they are used, it means "No guarantee of any particular age. When asking around in China, no pieces older than 100 years gets this seal" ... "In practice it is most likely made in the mid 1920's up to the 1950's when the production of 'antique looking Chinese porcelain' made with traditional methods were particularly intense". They used different seals depending on where and when it was marked, and if I'm looking at it correctly, the OP's was marked in Beijing. [URL]https://www.gotheborg.com/marks/jian_ding.shtml[/URL][/QUOTE]
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